Sun 17 March 2024:
Elon Musk announced on Saturday that the X platform is launching a streaming service that would allow users to watch lengthy videos on their smart TV screens, posing a fresh threat to Google-owned YouTube.
The company is apparently launching a TV app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs, and Musk said it is “coming soon”.
The entrepreneur said on X, “We just want people to be able to watch long videos on their big screen TV in comfort.”
“You can already use Apple AirPlay to play videos from your phone to your TV,” the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla continued.
You can soon watch your favorite 𝕏 long form videos directly on your SmartTVs. pic.twitter.com/MlXpjPN9ed
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) March 9, 2024
One of his followers commented that this move by X is a “strategic step towards diversifying its platform and competing in the ever-evolving digital content landscape”.
“It will be intriguing to see how this foray into video streaming will impact the larger ecosystem of online media consumption. Exciting times ahead,” the user posted.
Beyond smart TVs, the social media network is also exploring video games, podcasts and long-form writing.
Taking on legacy media, X on Friday introduced ‘Articles‘ which is a new way to share long-form written content on the platform.
Those who are Premium users and pay for X services can now post articles on the platform with stylised text, embedded images and videos.
They can also format text with headings, sub-headings, bold, italics, strikethrough, indentation, numerical and bulleted lists.
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